Calcium–fortified rice is normal rice fortified with calcium and processed by consecutive steps, i.e. infusion or soaking of the rice grain in a calcium salt solution, draining and drying. Heating during infusion causes pregelatinization of rice starch resulting in a change in the pasting properties of Ca-fortified rice. Pasting properties determine the cooking quality of rice. The purpose of t...

There are several methods in assessing the traits of rice including destructive and non-destructive method. The objective of this study is to evaluate the amylose content (AC) on seven types of rice grain in Malaysia market by using the Near-Infrared (NIR) Spectroscopy. AC is one of the main criteria to determine cooked rice quality. Total of samples are 210, there are including two types of br...

White rice-based foods, which are high in refined carbohydrates, are widely consumed in China. A case-control study was conducted to investigate the association between white rice-based food consumption and the risk of ischemic stroke in the southern Chinese population. Information on diet and lifestyle was obtained from 374 incident ischemic stroke patients and 464 hospital-based controls. Log...

Background and Purposes: To observe the influence of parboiling, amylose content and gelatinization temperature of rice on plasma glucose and insulin responses in type 2 diabetic subjects because diabetic subjects are especially prescribed usage of starchy foods with low glycemic responses. Methods: Seventeen type 2 diabetic subjects ingested five test meals of 50g available carbohydrate as whi...

Grain quality currently represents a major problem in high yielding rice production in Iran and many other rice producing areas of the world. Quality assessment of rice involves the function of sensory tests and physicochemical determinations based on the chemical composition, cooking quality, gelatinization temperature and physical properties of cooked rice. These research genetic materials we...

The study was carried out to determine the physical, chemical and cooking characteristics among parents used in crosses their F1 hybrids derived from crosses. Parameters assessed include grain lengths of paddy, width length by ratio milled rice, milling recovery, water absorption rate on cooking, cooked elongation weight rice dimension, textual appearance after aroma. Results obtained were anal...

OBJECTIVE Varieties of red raw rice are widely believed to have a better nutritional quality. The physiological effects of consuming different varieties of rice may not be so. The glycaemic index has been developed as an indicator of the physiological effect of foods. It is the glycaemic response of a 50 g carbohydrate portion of food expressed as a percentage of that of a standard. The objecti...

A novel way of cooking rice to maximize the removal of the carcinogen inorganic arsenic (Asi) is presented here. In conventional rice cooking water and grain are in continuous contact, and it is known that the larger the water:rice cooking ratio, the more Asi removed by cooking, suggesting that the Asi in the grain is mobile in water. Experiments were designed where rice is cooked in a continua...

BACKGROUND Genetically engineered "Golden Rice" contains up to 35 microg beta-carotene per gram of rice. It is important to determine the vitamin A equivalency of Golden Rice beta-carotene to project the potential effect of this biofortified grain in rice-consuming populations that commonly exhibit low vitamin A status. OBJECTIVE The objective was to determine the vitamin A value of intrinsic...